Early life

Dodds was born in Sacramento, California. After high school, she enrolled in a community college, where she was cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves. The role inspired her to apply to the Juilliard School, where she studied for four years as a member of the Drama Division's Group 24 (1991-1995).

Career

After graduation, Dodds spent two years in Broadway and Off Broadway productions, before being spotted by British comedian Ben Elton, and came to London in 1997 to play a bunny girl in Elton's play Popcorn. As a result of meeting her photographer husband Oliver Pearce, she became a resident in London: "I love it here, I really feel like I learn a lot. There’s a lot of variety in terms of work." She has appeared in television shows such as Love in a Cold Climate, the BBC One series Spooks, and Viva Blackpool. Her stage roles have included As You Like It in 1999 and Up for Grabs in 2006.

Dodds won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in the one woman show My Name is Rachel Corrie. The show opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London, but a planned transfer to the New York Theatre Workshop was cancelled, with rumors of the theater being afraid of the show's Gaza Strip-based political content. Dodds fought against the imposed indefinite delay, and the debate of censorship on such a sensitive issue at the time of the post-Iraq war debate became publicised by the New York Times. After a successful run in London's West End, the show eventually played to a sellout audience at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre in early 2006.

In 2006, Dodds joined the cast of the British sitcom Not Going Out as Kate, but she left the show after the first series. Her best known film role is perhaps the spoiled and selfish stepsister Marguerite in the 1998 romance film Ever After.

Personal life

After going to England in 1997, Dodds met fashion and advertising photographer Oliver Pearce. They later married and moved to Battersea. They have one child.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Ever After	Marguerite De Ghent
1998	The Rat Pack	May Britt	Television film
2000	Urbania	Deedee
2000	Bait	Agent Walsh
2000	Interstate 84	Wendy
2001	Sword of Honour	Virginia	Television film
2002	Purpose	Lisa Forrester
2005	Malice Aforethought	Madeleine Cranmere	Television film
2005	Festival	Dina
2006	Free Jimmy	Claire	Voice
2006	Viva Blackpool	Kitty De-Luxe	Television film
2006	The Contract	Sandra
2010	Chatroom	Grace Rollins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Midnight Caller	Crystal	Episode: "Planes"
2001	Love in a Cold Climate	Polly	Miniseries
2002-2004	Spooks	Christine Dale	10 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Henrietta Savernake	Episode: "The Hollow"
2006	Not Going Out	Kate	6 episodes
2008	Hotel Babylon	Katie	Season 3, Episode 6
2009	Lie to Me	Gail	Episode: "Depraved Heart"
2009	House	Dr. Beasley	Episode: "Broken"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Jess Harkins	6 episodes
2012	Awake	Elizabeth Santoro	Episode: "Oregon"
2012-2013	CSI: NY	Christine Whitney	12 episodes
2014	White Collar	Eva Perkins	Episode: "All's Fair"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The School for Scandal	Maria	Lyceum Theatre, New York
1996	Ancient History/English Made Simple	Jill	Off-Broadway
1997	Popcorn	Brooke Daniels	Apollo Theatre
1999	Hamlet	Ophelia	Young Vic Theatre
1999	As You Like It	Celia	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2002	Up for Grabs	Mindy	Wyndham's Theatre
2005	This Is How It Goes	Woman	Donmar Warehouse
2006	My Name is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	The Playhouse Theatre Minetta Lane Theatre (Off-Broadway) Won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Psychic Detective	Reporter	Voice

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